<h1> Nettle release plans </h1>
<p> This is an attempt at defining a development target for
Nettle-2.8, inspired by similar pages for recent GMP releases. [Last
- updated 2014-01-02]</p>
+ updated 2014-01-27]</p>
<p class='should'>
This really ought to be done before release
</p>
Do separate aes128_ctx, etc, with smaller allocation for subkeys.
</p>
<p class='wish'>
- Consider doing the same separation for camellia (and possibly
- cast128), which also use fewer subkeys for shorter key sizes.
+ <span class='done'>Do the same separation for camellia, which also
+ use fewer subkeys for shorter key
+ sizes.</span> <span class='postponed'>(And possibly also for
+ cast128).</span>
</p>
<p class='should'>
Don't require initialization of *dst_length for base*_decode_update.
</p>
<p class='should'>
- Rename gcm "iv" to "nonce". Keep old names for backwards
- compatibility.
+ New DSA interface, with a separate struct dsa_params.
</p>
<p class='should'>
- New DSA interface, with a separate struct dsa_params.
+ Drop key size argument from <tt>nettle_set_key_func</tt>.
+ </p>
+ <p class='should'>
+ Use the nettle_cipher abstraction only for block ciphers (in
+ particular, exclude arcfour). Use a const for the ctx argument to
+ nettle_crypt_func.
+ </p>
+ <p class='wish'>
+ Consider making a public interface similar to nettle_aead? With
+ the above change, it can't use nettle_crypt_func.
</p>
<h2> New features </h2>
Add <a href='http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/eax.pdf'>EAX</a >
mode?
</p>
- <p class='should'>
+ <p class='done'>
Add poly1305.
</p>
- <p class='should'>
+ <p class='done'>
Add chacha.
</p>
<p class='should'>
<p class='should'>
Document poly1305.
</p>
+ <p class='should'>
+ Document chacha.
+ </p>
<h2> Build system </h2>
<p class='done'>
buffering. E.g., when using them for HMAC keyed "inner" and
"outer" states, we now get three buffers but we only need one.
</p>
- <p class='should'>
- Use the nettle_cipher abstraction only for block ciphers (in
- particular, exclude arcfour). Use a const for the ctx argument to
- nettle_crypt_func.
- </p>
- <p class='wish'>
- Consider making a public interface similar to nettle_aead? With
- the above change, it can't use nettle_crypt_func.
- </p>
<p class='wish'>
Make it possible to build nettle and hogweed using mini-gmp.
</p>